Rent Dad's Army: Series 1 and 2 (1969)

Name: Dad's Army: Series 1 and 2
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The complete first series plus the 'lost' episodes of series two.

S1: Ep. 1. The Man and the Hour
Mainwaring's meeting to enrol Home Guard volunteers is curtailed when Air Warden Hodges (Bill Pertwee) commandeers the church hall.
S1: Ep. 2. Museum Piece
Unarmed, the platoon decides to equip themselves as a fighting force - with an ancient Chinese rocket gun.
S1: Ep. 3. Command Decision
Is Mainwaring willing to give up command to Colonel Square (Geoffrey Lumsden)?
S1: Ep. 4. The Enemy Within the Gates
Godfrey (
Arnold Ridley) answers the 'call of nature', loses the captured Nazi airmen and more importantly, the chance of a £20 reward.
S1: Ep. 5. The Showing Up of Corporal Jones
Lance-Corporal Jones' (Clive Dunn)' fitness is doubted. But a man who has served under Lord Kitchener isn't going to give up that easily...
S1: Ep. 6. Shooting Pains
Mainwaring's men look unlikely to beat Eastgate Platoon in a shooting competition - until Walker (James Beck) has an idea.
S2: Ep.1. Operation Kilt
A training exercise pits the platoon against a regular army unit as they find out what the Highland Regiment keep under their kilts...
S2: Ep. 2. The Battle of Godfrey's Cottage
As the church bells sound, the platoon naturally think the invasion has begun and hasten to the gun post at Godfrey's house...
S2: Ep. 4. Sergeant Wilson's Little Secret
Mrs. Pike (Janet Davies) has told Frank (Ian Lavender) that a little Arthur (Graham Harboard) is on the way. Mainwaring insists that Wilson does the decent thing. "You can't go about behaving like Errol Flynn you know".
Actors:: Arthur Lowe, John Le Mesurier, Clive Dunn, John Laurie, James Beck, Arnold Ridley, Ian Lavender, Janet Davies, Caroline Dowdeswell, John Ringham, Bill Pertwee, Neville Hughes, Colin Bean, Anthony Eden, Leon Cortez, Eric Woodburn, Michael Osborne, Geoffrey Lumsden, Charles Hill, Gordon Peters
Directors:: David Croft, Harold Snoad
Producers:: David Croft
Voiced By:: Bud Flanagan, E.V.H. Emmett, Anthony Eden
Writers:: Jimmy Perry, David Croft
Studio:: BBC
Genres:: British TV, TV Classics, TV Comedies, TV Dramas, TV Military & War Dramas, TV Sitcoms

BBFC:

Release Date:

13/09/2004

Run Time:

264 minutes

Languages:

English Dolby Digital 1.0 Mono

Subtitles:

English Hard of Hearing

DVD Regions:

Region 2

Formats:

Pal

Aspect Ratio:

Full Screen 1.33:1 / 4:3

Colour:

B & W

Bonus:

'Missing: Presumed Wiped' Documentary
BBC Audio Recordings of the Three Missing Series Two Episodes

Disc 1:

This disc includes the following episodes from Series 1:
1. The Man and the Hour
2. Museum Piece
3. Command Decision
4. The Enemy Within the Gates
5. The Showing Up of Corporal Jones
6. Shooting Pains

Disc 2:

This disc includes the following episodes from Series 2:
1. Operation Kilt
2. The Battle of Godfrey's Cottage
4. Sergeant Wilson's Little Secret
- Special Features